Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 23:35     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:My name is Xiomara, A common name in Mexico, where I was born and where my parents are from. It is not a common name here in the United States and people have a very hard time with it. Many many people can’t pronounce it.

I can’t blame them because it’s not a name you encounter here which is why never in 1 million years would I name my children unique or uncommon (to America) spelling. Save your daughter hears of headaches and just give her an easy to spell or pronounce name.


I would pronounce your name similar to "show-mara" - is that correct?

And yes, as someone with a name that has one simple letter that Americans just can't get right, I gave my children simple, easy to pronounce, easy to spell names. Even then, people can't get it right.

Yet somehow Siobhan, Saiorse, Riordain and other white people names, they have no problem.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2024 17:09     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:My name is Xiomara, A common name in Mexico, where I was born and where my parents are from. It is not a common name here in the United States and people have a very hard time with it. Many many people can’t pronounce it.

I can’t blame them because it’s not a name you encounter here which is why never in 1 million years would I name my children unique or uncommon (to America) spelling. Save your daughter hears of headaches and just give her an easy to spell or pronounce name.


I am a random white person and I've known more than one person with this name. It's pretty, btw.

Again as a random white person, living in a multicultural city, I have encountered many names that I didn't know at first. So I ask, how do you pronounce? Or I listen for it. I am always respectful and do my best to say correctly. After, I know the name and it's no longer an unknown name.

It's not hard at all, or 'yooneek' or a 'tradgideigh'. Everyone doesn't have to be named Emma or Luke.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2024 23:11     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Is this a joke?
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 18:54     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:OP here. It's pronounced Kay-duh but I can see it's going to be a problem.


The Kaethe I know, who’s in her 70s, pronounces is Kay-thuh.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 18:19     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Pros:
- you like it
- I assume it means something to you and/or your family
- it's memorable/unique and stands out socially and on paper
- if your child is extroverted or attention-loving, they'll get a chance to discuss their name very often

Cons:
- almost no one will know how to pronounce it which could be awkward
- even after being told how to pronounce it, many people will not get it right
- if your child is not extroverted or does not like attention drawn to them this will be a thorn in their side every time they meet someone new, attendance is called, or they start a new class
- I have found that when people have hard to pronounce names (and this is one where when you look it up agreement isn't 100%) people will avoid saying their name, which could have some social and professional repercussions
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 18:11     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Kae the what?
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 18:03     Subject: Name - Kaethe
I had a german relative named this and no, people won't say it correctly
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 16:41     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:
I thought it was German and pronouced Kay-t-uh. Not with a d, but with a t.


It is. OP herself can’t pronounce it so it is definitely a bad choice
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 16:32     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I guessed maybe Danish! Woohoo, I was right!

Even then I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. Danish vowels don't sound the same as English and are very hard for Americans like me to say properly. Even "best guess" pronunciations will be wrong here. Don't do it.


It’s German


Germans don't have "th" sounds


Goethe would like a word.


Goethe is spelled G (hard G)-euh-t-euh. Hard t sound.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 16:10     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I guessed maybe Danish! Woohoo, I was right!

Even then I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. Danish vowels don't sound the same as English and are very hard for Americans like me to say properly. Even "best guess" pronunciations will be wrong here. Don't do it.


It’s German


Germans don't have "th" sounds


Goethe would like a word.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 14:07     Subject: Name - Kaethe

I thought it was German and pronouced Kay-t-uh. Not with a d, but with a t.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 14:01     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I guessed maybe Danish! Woohoo, I was right!

Even then I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. Danish vowels don't sound the same as English and are very hard for Americans like me to say properly. Even "best guess" pronunciations will be wrong here. Don't do it.


It’s German


"Kaethe is a Danish/Norwegian diminutive form of the name Katherine." https://babynames.com/name/kaethe


Sounds like the OP should name the baby Katherine and call her Kaethe
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 13:36     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:Do most people know how this is pronounced?


Kay thah

I knew someone who pronounced it that way.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2024 13:35     Subject: Name - Kaethe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I guessed maybe Danish! Woohoo, I was right!

Even then I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. Danish vowels don't sound the same as English and are very hard for Americans like me to say properly. Even "best guess" pronunciations will be wrong here. Don't do it.


It’s German


Germans don't have "th" sounds

It’s not pronounced with a th sound.